Ben Heckendorn's Xbox 360 Elite laptop (joystiq)

[diskoboy]

You all knew it was coming.... Well, here it is:



Impressive, as usual...

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/be...-elite-laptop/

[Kejoriv]

as always amazing. what does he do with all these projects? Sells them? keeps them?

[weirdguy]

Most of the time, his projects are request he got. If not, they are sold almost instantly.

[AZ Legend]

That is just plain amazing. I have never seen his work before today. Brillant is all i can say. Makes me want to try it.....ya right..

[otaku]

Ben does great work. I hope to someday be able to commission some work with him

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I have a Ben Heckendorn modded "Atari Flashback 2" with a front loading 2600 cartridge port.

It looks great, is super solid construction, and works like a charm (other than the minor software compatibility issues resident in the Flashback 2's architechture, but there was nothign he could do about that).

He's also a really nice guy (and humble considering the exposure he has) to deal with in working out timetables/costs on the work he does.

[jonjandran]

I had one of his 2600 handhelds. The flip open one that looked like a DS.

I bought it second hand and when it got broken in shipping I sent it to Ben and he fixed it and more at no charge and shipped it back at his expense.

A very nice guy, and his work was amazing

[DJ Daishi]

has he ever made a Dreamcast hand-held/laptop??? would buy that in a second!

[The 1 2 P]

I've seen Ben's first 360 laptop contraption and I wanted to have it. The boy makes some good shit. He could make a ton of money if he had enough time and money to make more of these on a grander scale.

[segagamer4life]

man I want one... that would totally kick asss at work... :-)

[kaedesdisciple]

I remember him saying after the first 360 laptop that he would answer requests to do another 360 laptop with something like $10,000 estimates. This was because of how long and difficult the process was. Makes me wonder who had enough bank to contract him for that one.

Maybe someday I will track down a Ben Heck original, but that's some heavy disposable income that I just don't have at the moment.

[DefaultGen]

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[kaedesdisciple]

I'd sooner bid on something crazy like an Elemental Gearbolt Assassin's Case or 7 mint myriad 6-in-1s or start building a personal arcade collection than get an awesome portable current gen console, but that's just me

I was thinking more along the lines of one of his portable 2600's. While I respect the work he puts into his current-gen line, they're just not for me.